by Richard H. Dillon | Jan 3, 2005 | Western Books
Sure, Midland, Texas, has been practically synonymous with oil in recent years, but we must not forget that even the Permian Basin was cattle country before the petroleum era. Thanks to the legacy of the late, great J. Evetts Haley, a Western historian of the caliber...
by Johnny D. Boggs | Jan 3, 2005 | Western Books
Before you dismiss Thomas Eidson as some Easterner who doesn’t know a whit about the Old West, think again. Sure, Eidson is executive vice president in charge of corporate affairs at Fidelity Investments, where he works in a Boston skyscraper. Sure, before that he was...
by twadmin | Oct 1, 2004 | Art, Guns and Culture
Celebrating our 51st continual year of publication, True West again brings you our hoarded nuggets, our favorite out-of-the-way secrets: the best saloons, the top single action army revolver, the wildest Western towns—the West’s best, bar none. We also share your...
by Johnny D. Boggs | Sep 1, 2004 | Travel & Preservation
Born in 1839 in New Rumley, Ohio, George Armstrong (or Autie, as his sister called him) Custer attended Alfred Stubbins Young Men’s Academy. He graduated in 1855, taught at Beech Point School in Ohio and in 1857 enrolled in West Point, where he was graduated last in...
by | Aug 1, 2004 | Inside History
Is it true that the dime novel hero, Deadwood Dick, was really a black cowboy named Nat Love? Marina Bender Mesa, Arizona When aspiring writer Ed Wheeler decided to seek his fortune writing dime novels, he was in desperate need of a hero. Wild Bill Hickok, Kit Carson,...